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... whole I think the most interesting and consist- ently amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was extremely intel- ligent [ 4 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... whole I think the most interesting and consist- ently amusing talker I ever knew was Edmund Gosse . He had read a great deal , though not very carefully , it appears , and his conversation was extremely intel- ligent [ 4 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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William Somerset Maugham. time with amusing ones . I find social intercourse fatiguing . Most persons , I think , are both ex- hilarated and rested by conversation ; to me it has always been an effort . When I was young and stammered ...
William Somerset Maugham. time with amusing ones . I find social intercourse fatiguing . Most persons , I think , are both ex- hilarated and rested by conversation ; to me it has always been an effort . When I was young and stammered ...
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... the pub- lic of that day was uneasy at seeing a clergyman made fun of . The play is written somewhat extrava- gantly , so that it suggests farce rather than comedy , but it has some amusing scenes in it . The [ 119 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... the pub- lic of that day was uneasy at seeing a clergyman made fun of . The play is written somewhat extrava- gantly , so that it suggests farce rather than comedy , but it has some amusing scenes in it . The [ 119 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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